Over the years I have visited hundreds of art museums. Most of those institutions made sincere efforts to curate collections of quality art works. Sometimes there were fails and truly bad art was exhibited. But nothing compares to the extraordinary Museum of Bad Art in Boston, Massachusetts.
In its third decade, and now in a new home, the Museum of Bad Art is dedicated to the celebration of bad art in all of its forms and styles. The awe-inspiring collection was initially inspired by a single painting titled Lucy in the Fields with Flowers. The brilliant collection now incorporates more than 900 works of art that range from pieces created by inspired amateurs with dubious skills to talented artists who temporarily lost the thread.
Boston is a great city for art museums. When you visit, there are some don't miss institutions such as the Museum of Fine Art, the Institute of Contemporary Art, and the exquisite Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, but now the Museum of Bad Art has to be added to your itinerary.
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